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'''Michael David Rock''' (born '''Michael Edward Chester Smith''';<ref name=thetalks/> 21 November 1948 – 18 November 2021)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 June 2021|title=Mick Rock|url=https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/mick-rock/|website=huxleyparlour.com}}</ref> was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[David Bowie]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[Syd Barrett]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[The Stooges]], [[The Sex Pistols]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[The Ramones]], [[Joan Jett]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Geordie (band)|Geordie]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Third Eye Blind]]. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies",<ref name="BBC"/> he shot most of the memorable photos of Bowie as [[Ziggy Stardust (character)|Ziggy Stardust]] in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=19 August 2021|title=The Rise of David Bowie: Mick Rock's legendary photos of the late artist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=15 March 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref> Rock's work is held in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].<ref name="npg">{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-15|title=Mick Rock|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp10484/michael-david-mick-rock|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref>
==Early life==
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==Career==
During his time at Cambridge, Rock rowed in the [[Caius Boat Club|Caius First VIII]],<ref name="once_a_caian._issue_3"/> and also picked up a friend's camera and started to take pictures of the local rock music scene, acquiring some friends and contacts along the way (including Cambridge native [[Syd Barrett]] and [[Mick Jagger]]'s younger brother [[Chris Jagger|Chris]]).<ref>[http://www.classicbands.com/MickRockInterview.html 'Gary James' Interview with Photographer Mick Rock'], ''classicbands.com'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref>[https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/rock-ages-mick-rock-98186 'Mick Rock interview: Shooting David Bowie portraits'], ''Amateur Photographer'', 4 December 2016 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref name="washingtonpost-obituaries">{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=Mick Rock, photographer who created indelible images of rock greats, dies at 72 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/11/19/mick-rock-dead/ |access-date=20 November 2021 |work=Washington Post |date=20 November
In addition to his work with Bowie, whom he met in early 1972, Rock also created album covers for Barrett's ''[[The Madcap Laughs]]'', [[Waylon Jennings]]'s ''[[Lonesome, On'ry and Mean]]'', [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Transformer (Lou Reed album)|Transformer]]'' and ''[[Coney Island Baby]]'', [[Iggy Pop]] and [[the Stooges]]' ''[[Raw Power]]'', [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s ''[[Queen II]]'' (recreated for their music video "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]") and ''[[Sheer Heart Attack]]'', [[Geordie (band)|Geordie]]'s ''[[Don't Be Fooled by the Name]]'', [[the Ramones]]' ''[[End of the Century]]'', and [[Joan Jett]]'s ''[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll (album)|I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]''.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6613107.stm Photographer lives the Rock dream] BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2011</ref><ref name="nme-anderson-2010">{{cite web|access-date=19 August 2021|title=The stunning photography of Mick Rock|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-stunning-photography-of-mick-rock-1418872|date=10 November 2010|website=NME}}</ref>
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* ''[[Rock and Roll Heart]]'' – Lou Reed (1976)
* ''[[Timeless Flight]]'' – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1976)
* ''[[DMZ (DMZ album)|DMZ]]'' – DMZ (1978)
* ''[[We Have Come for Your Children]]'' – [[Dead Boys]] (1978)
* ''[[The Candidate (album)|The Candidate]]'' – [[Steve Harley]] (1979)
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* ''[[The Quality of Mercy (album)|The Quality of Mercy]]'' – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2005)
* ''[[Parallax (Atlas Sound album)|Parallax]]'' – [[Atlas Sound]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitzmaurice |first1=Larry |title=Atlas Sound Announces New Album |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/43632-atlas-sound-announces-new-album/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=24 August 2011}}</ref>
* '' Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert ''
* ''[[Underneath the Rainbow (album)|Underneath the Rainbow]]'' – [[Black Lips]] (2014)
* ''[[Plastic Hearts]]'' – [[Miley Cyrus]] (2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Miley Cyrus is a Pop Queen on Dramatic ‘Plastic Hearts’ Album Cover |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/miley-cyrus-plastic-hearts-album-cover-9484634/ |website=Billboard |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
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==DVDs==
* ''Punk Drunk Love: The Images of Mick Rock'' (Panoramica, 2007)<ref>{{cite news |title=Photographer lives the Rock dream |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6613107.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=20 November 2021 |date=10 May 2007}}</ref>
==Collections==
Rock's work is held in the following permanent collection:
*[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]: 2 prints (as of 15 May 2023)<ref name="npg"/>
==References==
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* {{discogs artist|Mick Rock}}
* {{imdb name|1311186}}
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